Japan has only known eight Empresses in their own right, but historically, the Japanese throne has always passed to descendants in the male line. Currently, Japan operates under agnatic primogeniture. Article 2 of the Meiji Constitution, which was in force until 1947, specifically excludes female descendants from the succession. The 1889 Imperial Household Law specified [read more]
Princess Sayako’s Tiara was worn by Sayako, Princess Nori, the youngest child and only daughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko. It was made around 1990 by Mikimoto, and Sayako wore it for official functions. She first wore it for her coming-of-age ceremony in 1990. When she married a commoner in 2005, she [read more]
Japan has ruled out allowing a woman to ascend the Imperial throne despite a lack of male heirs and widespread popular support for a female ruler. The government panel working to solve the succession crisis will not even consider allowing women to reign. Under the Imperial Household Law, only men can ascend the throne. The [read more]
From the beginning of the marriage of Crown Prince Naruhito and Masako Owada, the new Crown Princess was under pressure to produce a son, as girls are banned from inheriting the throne under the 1889 Meiji law. Between 1976 and 1993, seven girls but not a single boy was born into the family. And now, [read more]
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